MITRE Corporation
Business Operations Specialist
MITRE Corporation, Mc Lean, VA
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Department Summary:
The MITRE Labs Sector Office is seeking a Business Operations Specialist to join our team. The Business Operations Specialist will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of the organization's day-to-day activities. The Sector Operations team has a customer service mindset focused on minimizing barriers to execution and maintaining the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
None
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
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Department Summary:
The MITRE Labs Sector Office is seeking a Business Operations Specialist to join our team. The Business Operations Specialist will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of the organization's day-to-day activities. The Sector Operations team has a customer service mindset focused on minimizing barriers to execution and maintaining the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Document, maintain, and support the MITRE Labs operational processes, norms and supporting knowledge management
- Observe, review and analyze processes to identify inefficiencies and areas where improvements could be made
- Support multiple indirect projects by managing, facilitating, and serving as PL delegate for project-related staffing, allocation management, budgeting, and any related integration, coordination, and communications activities
- Interact with the division operations and administrative support teams to be a liaison within MITRE Labs and to HR and Finance, to enable the day-to-day business operations and recurring business activities
- Collect and analyze data related to operational performance - this can involve generating reports, identifying trends, and making data-driven recommendations to improve operations
Performing administrative tasks, such as meeting coordination, submitting purchasing requisitions, administering data calls, etc. - Maintain a positive and professional working relationship with peers, management, and support resources, with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.
Basic Qualifications:
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Quantitative mindset with proven skills in financial management and budgeting
- Experience overseeing project management and creating presentations and visualizations of timelines, milestones, and objectives related to budgets and resources.
- Significant experience and demonstrated excellence partnering with support functions, including human resources, finance, contracts, and talent acquisition
- Excellent communication skills, works well independently and within a team
- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft products including OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneNote, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Good time management, prioritization and multitasking abilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with colleagues
- Comfortable in a high-pressure environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven track record of streamlining processes or reducing waste in previous roles
- Experience working with Salesforce.com
- Experience is operations or finance in a diverse, technology-focused organization
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
None
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster and Pay Transparency.
MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE's employment process, please email [redacted].
Copyright © 2024, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.
Benefits information may be found here